Diabetes mellitus: types and diagnosis

Here, we
meet again in our tenth short medical article in our nutritional series.

We reached
the amazing parts, I will talk ,here and on, about major health events which
take place in the form of diseases. I will start with a well known disease called
diabetes mellitus.

First of
all, diabetes mellitus is a major health problem nowadays. Its prevalence
rate after age of 50 is 10-15%. So let us go and know some health
information about DM.

DM is a
clinical syndrome characterized by chronic hyperglycemia due to absolute or
relative insulin deficiency or insulin resistance or both leading to
disturbance of metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, electrolytes and
water.

What a long
definition, in simple words , Diabetes Mellitus is a health problem of decreasing
insulin or resistance of insulin receptors.

ØFasting plasma glucose
more than or equal to 126 mg/dl. And post-prandial more than or equal to 200
mg/dl.

ØRandom plasma
glucose more than or equal 200 mg/dl.

From this short
medical article, we knew what DM is, its classifications and of course its
diagnosis. So keep reading our series to know DM complications, treatment, more
health information about its types and more….'

Before
saying good bye, I will leave some notifications:

vIGT (impaired
glucose tolerance) and IFG (impaired fasting glucose) are state between normal
person and DM and considered as type 2 DM risk factors.